Flowers, Birds, Insects, and Fish#
Last Sunday, I went to the Flowers, Birds, Insects, and Fish market.
There were also flowers, birds, insects, and fish at the market last week.
I previously encountered a vendor selling Xinjiang naan, an ethnic minority from Kashgar, who could sell over 100 pieces in a day, with each naan priced at 5 yuan. Each naan weighs over 200g. Two naans weigh about 480g.
Speaking of this, I recall the data on snacks I purchased before.
The approximate prices for baked pancakes, fried pancakes, sauce pancakes, steamed cakes, and glutinous rice are all around 10 yuan for 500g. Currently, this is the price. I eat steamed buns less often and haven't weighed them, and I forgot the price of frozen steamed buns.
The child couldn't move their legs when they saw small animals.
Let's not talk about cats and dogs for now; this requires a stable living situation, and it can't be busy,
with what is called an independent eight hours, outside of work and sleep.
Off-topic#
I don't know when this work came about; it might not be much work at all.
Previously, I felt unwell in the morning and lay down. A client had a problem with their computer's USB; it prompted a USB issue on startup, preventing them from entering the system. I didn't want to go fix it, and they thought the service fee was expensive. I initially thought the problem was simple, so I said it would cost ten yuan to fix it, and if my guidance didn't work, they wouldn't have to pay. They agreed, and after nearly an hour of guidance, I finally had to disassemble the machine and disconnect the USB motherboard cable to fix it.
Now I understand why many services are only discussed after arriving; they first earn the service fee before anything else.
The service fee for fixing an air conditioner is 60-100 yuan, and for a water heater, it's also around 100 yuan.
When they come to check what’s broken, if they don’t fix it or can’t fix it, the service fee is still required.
However, it always feels like a scam. I still don't plan to do it this way.
With that fee, I might as well look up information myself and try to fix it.
Previously, I had a refrigerator that wouldn't start; they said it was a capacitor issue. I bought a capacitor, but it didn't work, and replacing the PTC (I think that's the name) also didn't work. I spent over 10 yuan. In the end, I confirmed it was a compressor issue, so there was no need to repair it. Replacing a compressor isn't cheap either.
Bringing Back Guinea Pig Care#
We previously raised two guinea pigs,
for over half a year, one male and one female.
Later, we found out the female was pregnant.
After taking good care of her, one morning we discovered four baby guinea pigs.
The cage felt small, so we planned to keep them for a while and then give the little ones away. At that time, it was either 58 or Keqiji; I sent a message to see who wanted them, gave away two, and there were still two left. After a long time with no one wanting them, I felt overwhelmed and couldn't manage. I had to clean the guinea pig tray every day, and some substances on the tray couldn't be removed unless soaked in white vinegar first.
At that time, I also researched a lot about raising guinea pigs; some people wrote blogs about how to care for them and what problems they encountered, and it seemed they had been writing for many years. I really admired that. I even thought about raising chinchillas, but after researching, I found it to be a bit more troublesome than guinea pigs, and the costs would also rise. The fun was only slightly more, so I gave up.
In the end, the guinea pigs were sold through a cage giveaway, bought by an elderly man who worked at a golf course near the airport. He rode a tricycle and traveled over 20 kilometers specifically to come over, taking almost 2 hours to arrive. The elderly man's idea was to breed them and sell them to nearby golf caddies or at markets.
Raising Parrots#
The parrot has been at home for almost two weeks.
After visiting the Flowers, Birds, Insects, and Fish market a few times, the child became interested in birds that could be directly touched.
After petting a few hand-raised parrots, the child found it even more interesting.
The offline market is relatively expensive, with a budgerigar costing 50 yuan each.
Online blind boxes are around 19.9 yuan, with a chance of poor quality. I bought a green budgerigar for about 20 yuan.
The flowers are priced the same as online, the potted ones, with online prices at 15 yuan with free shipping, and offline also at 15 yuan.
I try to choose nearby sellers online for faster delivery and fewer surprises; I paid yesterday afternoon, and it arrived by noon today.
Later, a friend told me he had an empty birdcage; previously, a friend gave him a lark or a myna (I forgot which), and he asked me to go to his house to pick up the cage, so I went. The friend had cleaned it, and it was quite tidy. When I got back, I put the green budgerigar inside.
Later, I watched a content creator who wanted to buy 100 parrots online and unbox them. He checks and introduces the condition of the received parrots, such as how their claws are, what’s on their bottoms, whether there are any missing parts on their beaks, how to judge their gender by the color of their nostrils, their mental state, and whether he wears gloves when handling them.
He also explains how to train parrots and the methods for hand-raising them.
It looks quite professional, and then I watched his other videos and found out he wanted to pursue a career in breeding parrots.
He also bought an incubator and purchased a lot of cockatiel eggs for about 100 yuan for 10 pieces to incubate. The first few dozen eggs failed due to incubator issues, and later he replaced it with a new incubator costing around 750 yuan. Then it was successful. I saw the newly hatched parrots; they looked like aliens, with their crop visible. After the creator fed them, the crop was swollen and transparent, showing the liquid inside, which was quite magical.
When they first hatch, they are featherless, then they grow some small feathers, which is half-feathered, and then fully feathered.
I also learned about some new sellable varieties, such as sun conures and monk parakeets, along with their pros and cons.
I even saw videos of large-scale parrot breeding factories, starting with an investment of 400,000 yuan, and after several years of effort, the annual output value is around 10 million yuan.
Feeling lonely, I later bought a blue budgerigar to practice with; I might gradually lose interest and give up.
Now, I’ve assigned the task of cleaning the trays to the children, letting them know that with happiness comes pain.